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On the Ratio of Fréchet Random Variables

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The distribution of the ratio X/Y is derived when X and Y are independent Fréchet random variables. Extensive tabulations of the associated percentage points are also given.

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  1. Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68583, U.S.A

    Saralees Nadarajah

  2. Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 20052, USA

    Samuel Kotz

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Nadarajah, S., Kotz, S. On the Ratio of Fréchet Random Variables. Qual Quant 40, 861–868 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-005-5484-5

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